Sleen, W. G. N. van der (Wicher Gosen Nicholaas), 1886-
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Envelope addressed to Dr W.G.N. van der Sleen containing photographs made by him in 1929 in Amboina, Dobo, Palu and Makassar, 1929
Item
Identifier: Or. 25.188 IV 1
Scope and Contents
The collection includes original photographs and watercolours by Walter Spies, the famous German born painter, musician, photographer and Bali expert. Walter Spies was born in Moscow 1895 and died 19 January 1942 on the sinking ship the ‘von Imhoff’, on its way to British India. Spies was active in Java from 1923 and in Bali from 1927 until his internment in May 1940 by the Dutch authorities, due to his German citizenship....
Dates:
1929
Photographs by Mr Wicher G.N. van der Sleen taken in Central and South America, among others things from Mexico (Cuernavaca, Taxco), c. 1948
Item
Identifier: Or. 25.188 IX 4
Scope and Contents
The collection includes original photographs and watercolours by Walter Spies, the famous German born painter, musician, photographer and Bali expert. Walter Spies was born in Moscow 1895 and died 19 January 1942 on the sinking ship the ‘von Imhoff’, on its way to British India. Spies was active in Java from 1923 and in Bali from 1927 until his internment in May 1940 by the Dutch authorities, due to his German citizenship....
Dates:
c. 1948
Marianne Johanna Adriana van Wessem collection
Collection
Identifier: ubl141
Abstract
De collectie oorspronkelijk afkomstig van Marianne van der Sleen-van Wessem (1892-1980), op Bali bevriend met de Duitse schilder, musicus en fotograaf Walter Spies (1895-1942), bestaat hoofdzakelijk uit documenten die betrekking hebben op deze kunstenaar en Bali kenner en op Balinese beeldende en uitvoerende kunsten. Originele foto’s en enkele tekeningen van Walter Spies behoren tot deze collectie.
Dates:
1937-1978, bulk 1939-1947
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- Bali 1
- Dance 1
- Drawing 1
- Ethnology 1
- Indonesia 1